Facebook apps used in more than half of online child sex crimes in the UK, NSPCC says

Facebook has previously revealed plans to make messaging across its apps end-to-end encrypted (PA)

More than half of the online child sex crimes in one year took place on Facebook-owned apps, data from the

National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) UK suggests, as the charity called for more to be done to tackle abuse in private messaging.